On the commercial side (VDZ), however, the bicycle market grew by 3% in 2012. Growth was at the Premiumhandel in terms of paragraph even 5%. Read more from Novelist to gain a more clear picture of the situation. This contradiction dissolves rapidly, if one considers only the development of the hoherpeisigen Elektrofahrradern. For the increase in sales prices the electric bicycles were responsible first and foremost, but also the other types of bicycle were priced significantly tighten. For the increase in sales prices the electric bicycles were responsible first and foremost, but also the other types of bicycle were priced significantly tighten. What remains is a certain fondness for the trekking bikes, which occupy the largest share in the bicycle market in terms of turnover. But also the city bikes attract performed in April 2013, clearly according to bbw survey. The mountain bikes not least due to the numerous product innovations continue to have a fairly large fan base.
Cyclists would today for a city bike decide, 14.6% for a mountain bike and 27% for an electric bike. If the last test series of ADAC, Stiftung Warentest for some manufacturers of electric bikes and had to represent a disappointment, the users of E.Bikes are, according to the survey of bbw and valido quite pleased. Also it expressed hardly dramatic in terms of defects. The leading market research institutes, including IFH and bbw marketing, have a market volume of 2.2 for the in the bicycle market up. Determined the 2.3 billion euros. This market volume of course always also depends on the average pricing of each bicycle type over all sales sites. And here opinions differ sometimes comprehensible. But also that each type of bike but the considerations of market developments appear more important than the absolute level of the market. Not only the E-bikes were still rising according to the value of the paragraph. In the next few years the growth rates for the electric bikes will be in terms of market share necessarily lower.